Jevgenij Kulikov/iStock(NEW YORK) — A ground stop at LaGuardia Airport and widespread flight delays in New York and Florida airports Friday were due to air traffic controller absences, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The current slowdown in the airspace over Florida and New York is due to staffing shortages in Washington and Jacksonville, an FAA …
Jan 25
Arizona governor Doug Ducey slams Hacienda HealthCare, where vegetative patient was impregnated
Credit: Office of Governor Doug Ducey(PHOENIX) — The governor of Arizona weighed in on the case in which a nurse at a Phoenix health care facility was arrested after a patient who is in a vegetative state gave birth to a child. Governor Doug Ducey posted a thread of tweets slamming Hacienda HealthCare, the company …
Jan 25
Massive sinkhole opens at apartment complex in Orange County, California
Chaiyaporn1144/iStock(LA HABRA, Calif.) — Authorities in Orange County, California are investigating what caused a massive sinkhole in an apartment complex in La Habra. “This is like a shocker to me,” Jesus Leon, who lives in the area, told ABC News while looking at the hole, which runs at least 50 feet long by 20 feet …
Jan 25
Research proving less nitrogen is often better
Nitrogen recommendations are being lowered in many cases. Brad Carlson is an extension crops educator with the University of Minnesota. “Our nitrogen recommendations are not an average, they actually encompass most situations. And in most situations you could apply less nitrogen and still get the same yield.” He tells Brownfield university research is telling. “In …
Jan 25
Approval of Illinois hemp regulations expected by 2019 growing season
Photo Credit: IL Department of Ag The Illinois Department of Agriculture expects the state’s proposed industrial hemp regulations, released last month, to be complete in time for the 2019 growing season. “The typical planting season is around June 1st. So, we are hopeful that we can get these rules approved in time for people to …
Jan 25
Ross tempers expectations for end to trade war
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is tempering expectations for an end to the trade war when U.S. and Chinese officials meet in Washington in a few days. During a CNBC interview Thursday, Ross said, “we’re miles and miles from getting a resolution” and that trade is a very complicated issue. The vice premiere of China is …
Jan 25
Harvey Weinstein gets approval to use Casey Anthony’s lawyer Jose Baez
Raymond Hall/GC Images(NEW YORK) — The Harvey Weinstein legal drama is entering a new chapter as the disgraced movie mogul is now working with a new lawyer. Weinstein, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing in the face of his sexual assault and misconduct allegations, will be represented by attorney Jose Baez going forward. Baez is best …
Jan 25
Florida SunTrust Bank shooting victims, from a mother of 7 to a newlywed
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(SEBRING, Fla.) — Among the five people gunned down in a Florida bank were a mother of seven and a woman married for less than one month. The five victims — all women — were killed in an apparent “random” mass shooting Wednesday at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, police said. The 21-year-old …
Jan 25
Flights delayed in New York and Florida due to air traffic control absences: FAA
Jevgenij Kulikov/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed on Friday that there is a ground stop at LaGuardia Airport and that flights are delayed in New York and Florida airports due to air traffic controller absences. The ground stop, which mean flight cannot fly into the Queens airport, is in effect until 10:45 a.m. …
Jan 25
Women need to network differently than men to succeed, study finds
Tinpixels/iStock(NEW YORK) — Women who want to excel at their jobs and break the glass ceiling have to go one step further than men when it comes to networking, a new study found. Women who form a tight-knit inner circle of other women who can share career advice and experiences are nearly three times more …